India: Today’s news in pictures

Apr 30, 2019 18:13 IST

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Sudden arrival of harvested wheat crop in large quantities to the mandis of Punjab is cause for worry to the state government and its food and civil supplies department, as it has led to a glut. Recent daily arrivals have touched 10-12 lakh tonnes while not be more than 5 lakh tonnes could be lifted. A dip in temperature in March and sporadic rainfall in the state delayed the crop harvest. (PTI File)

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The Indian Army tweeted to say that one of its mountaineering expeditions in eastern Nepal has come across the footprints of the Yeti or the abominable snowman mentioned in Nepalese folklore. The pictures of the “mysterious footprints” measuring 32x15 inches posted on Twitter by the army. (Twitter / PTI)

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Cyclone storm Fani has been intensified into a ‘Severe Cyclonic Storm’ over the south-east and adjoining south-west Bay of Bengal. The Eastern Naval Command is on high alert to render necessary humanitarian assistance, a Navy spokesperson said. Indian Naval ships at Visakhapatnam and Chennai are also on stand-by to proceed to the most affected areas when needed. (Saviano Abreu / OCHA / REUTERS File)

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to respond to the Rafale case review petition by Saturday. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi did not allow the Centre’s plea that it be granted four weeks time to file its response. The government had asked the court to put off the Rafale review hearing, saying it needs more time to file its affidavit. (Amal KS / HT File)

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi offered to file a fresh affidavit in the Rafale contempt case after the Supreme Court made it clear that the judges weren’t convinced with his last affidavit that ran into 22 pages but did not spell out that he regretted his statement. This would be Gandhi’s third affidavit in the contempt case filed against him by BJP lawmaker Meenakshi Lekhi. (Amit Dave / REUTERS File)

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The Madras High Court said Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi cannot interfere with the daily functioning of the government. Bedi has been engaged in a feud with Puducherry CM V Narayanasamy since she assumed office in May 2016. The high court’s order came on a writ petition filed by Puducherry Congress MLA Lakshminarayanan in 2017 questioning the LG’s powers. (PTI File)

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BSP chief Mayawati sniped at the Congress threatening to rethink her support to the Madhya Pradesh government, a day after her party’s candidate withdrew from the race and joined the Congress. Lokendra Singh Rajput, the SP-BSP alliance candidate from Guna in Madhya Pradesh, quit on Monday and came out in support of Congress candidate Jyotiraditya Scindia. (Subhankar Chakraborty / HT File)

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India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s news across the country, from the sudden arrival of harvested wheat crop in large quantities to Punjab's markets causing a glut, to the Indian Army sharing images claimed to be the footprints of the mythic Yeti, observed during a mountaineering expedition in eastern Nepal.